- plural of category.
categories
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Subramanian argued that, while the market seems dominated by megacap growth stocks, large-cap value has ranked No. 1 or No. 2 across four size and style categories in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Hamburgers, chicken, salads—those are the primary categories for us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
James C. Scott called this legibility, the way institutions flatten complicated people into categories they can manage.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
However, vaccine outcomes can still vary widely among people who fall into the same general health categories.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
"You have to sort the clothes in this pile into the right categories and hang them up by size. Think you can get that?"
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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